California · Nonprofit
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,310,796 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($160,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs does
Mission
Independent school alliance identifies, supports, and connects underrepresented and underserved students and families in our cities to independent schools because all students should have access to the premier world class institutions that prepare global leaders.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Admissions services and programs: we collect, review and distribute admissions materials on behalf of families. Our widely accepted common application and individualized advocacy ensures the best results for our families. Students and families admitted into the cohort receive one on one counseling o independent school choice. We offer intentional application support and have deep knowledge of the communities we serve. Our nine month admissions support program features an array of workshops to help families navigate financial assistance, school decisions and admissions interviews.
$278,138 spent48% of program spendingMembership servises: we aim to ensure independent schools reflect the cultural, economic, and ethnic diversity of greater los angeles. We bring information sessions and independent school fairs to over 1000 families in the los angeles and greater los angeles regions. Through these sessions we inform underrepresented and underserved families about independent school admissions and connect families with schools in their region.
$162,247 spent28% of program spendingStudent services and programs: we provide support for underrepresented and underserved students through the admissions process and years in their independent school. Additionally, we award college scholarships to four deserving students each year. Four students received an award of $5,000 each.
$139,069 spent$520 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $579,454.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $967k to $450k (−53%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 3% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dana Adams
Executive director
Board chair
Mark Mckee
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $66k → $121k.
9 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 53% · 2019 31% · 2020 38% · 2021 28% · 2022 46% · 2023 83% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
26% of INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $255k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS?
- INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,310,796 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($160,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,310,796 in grants to INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS?
- THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 33 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing